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UNITED STATES PATENT EfoE.

HENBY T. INDT, oE ToBONTo, ONTABIo, oANDA.

- oARPET-FASTENER.

fo oZZ ooo fo oo ooo67 Be io knoWn thb I, IENBY THBoDORE vINDT, of the city of Tofonto, in the ooonty of ork, in the l foVinoo of onforio, oanodo,

In the ooooln oll in drowin S, Which form o off of thiS S eoifoofion, igore 1 Shows in ers eooive the Sfotionory orf of tho mab faSfenor. Fig. 2 iS o ShHor viow of o mov oble ort. i 3 ShowS on end view of nl in] TovenlenIS o )1ied to o lnob.

foferring to tho drowingS by loffer, A deS ignoteSo bfookeb provided With boSe o, hoving o plurolity of holoS, o, fo reoeive the Sofews of otber meonS of sooo in ib in the deSire(1 1)oSifion. fho VeItiool )oftion B of thiS brookof iS rovidod With o li1), o, deSignod to overlie tho Cdge of tho mob, os WiH bo roodil undefstood. XVhon i1 Connoobion with m hnprovod Who Inof deSofibed in my oppliootion of eVon dofo horeWith, bho 1oSf Tow of SofoperS f undorthiS H ond ore seonre]y held in 1)looo thefoby.

hoSe brookotS fL oro doSigned to bo modo i11 1en bhS oom Which the broeketS of the deSired Sizo lno bo oub when re oifed.

heSo brooketS oro deSigned to bo nse(1 aS follows: X hen the bfaokebisoSed to hold ohe mob in poSition agoinSo the TiSer of o Step 01- ogoinSf ohe Wo11, buf ono braokef Win be Te uiTo{1 bnf WhoTe fho mob iS loooted owoy oom the TiSer of WoHoS, fof insfonoe, i11 the n1iodle of t1e ooof or o Ste )tWo of these brookefS win bo USodono o )on oooh Sido of fhe ]Jot. Ifthoso brooketS oro osed on bofh SideS of fhe nTof, the latfof moy be SHpped in f1'o111 tlhe end, or by bendin if So oS to oroh io u in the n1idole io wi readil Sli nnder the ed (S of the 1i bnb in ordef to aHow of the lnofo eaSy renJovoI of lho nf f or fho purpose of SWeeping beneofh itl of ofherWiSe, rovide the n1ovoblo broCkef O, hoving o lip, o, Simor to fhe li o of tho bl'ookef L, Whioh bfaokef is deSignod to bo nSod inSfead of one of the brooketS hiS brooket 0 iS hingod of (Z, ond iS rovioed Wibh o lookin heao 01 Sbud which, When tnrned in one direcbion, fits into ond iS ooinoidonb Wh o s]of, o, in tho nppor hinged ho]f of the brookof thereby pemifting if to be ff'eoly opened; bnf When fhe brook et is to be looked oown for the or 0Se of Sooul'ing fho natin poSition, theheod BiS toTned So oS fo be of 1 ighf ongleS to fho lengfh of the Slof, So oS to overlo tho odgeS thereof, os ShoWn in l i 2. By thiS oonSfrnofion )rovido brooko[Sthot oro oheop, ourobIo, ond InoSf efoienf fo1'tho purpoSe for Whioh they aro de- Signed.

vhot ofoin1 oS my invenfion iS 1. he combinofion, ith t11e brookof hoving li o, to engage f11o edge of o mob, of the hio ed b aoket rovided With Ii o, and o 1ookingStd, E, SubSfonfioHy oS oDd for the pnrpoSe S1)ooified.

2. The bfaokof hoving lip o, to engoge fhe edge of o mof, ond hinge(1 of the nppef half of said brock f bei11 rovided Wibh elongafed slof o, and bhe loWof ho1f Wifh olookinghood 1, deSigned to ongoge Soid S1of, Sob SfonbioHy oS ond foT the porpoSoS Speoified.

Toronto, Janoory 4, 1886.

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